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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cashier confirm to the narrator?
(a) There is a huge community of Sri Lankans in London.
(b) He is from Sri Lanka.
(c) There is a good Sri Lankan restaurant thirty miles away.
(d) His cousin teaches him a few words spoken in Sri Lanka.

2. Why are Triton and Joseph left alone at Mr. Salgado's house?
(a) Mr. Salgado takes Lucy-amma out for her birthday.
(b) Mr. Salgado is on vacation and Lucy-amma is in the hospital.
(c) Mr. Salgado and Lucy-amma take separate trips at the same time.
(d) Mr. Salgado is on a business trip and Lucy-amma is taking care of a dying relative.

3. In what language does the narrator try to speak to the cashier?
(a) Swedish.
(b) Sinhala.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Spanish.

4. How long is the gas station cashier on the job?
(a) One month.
(b) It's the end of his first week.
(c) It's his first night.
(d) Ten days.

5. What do Triton, Mr. Salgado, and others in the neighborhood hear coming from house number eight?
(a) Piercing screams.
(b) Loud music.
(c) Terrible howl.
(d) Beautiful singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the cashier impressed with the narrator?

2. Who used to own the car that belongs to the narrator at the start of the story?

3. When Triton takes a small red onion and cuts it into quarters, what does he intend to do?

4. Once inside the office, what does the narrator ask the cashier?

5. How long has the cashier been out of Sri Lanka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are young Triton's main duties at Mr. Salgado's house?

2. When the cashier asks the narrator if he lives close by, what does the man reply?

3. At the end of the first section, what does the narrator begin to talk about with the gas station cashier?

4. What does the London cashier say about the situation back home in Sri Lanka?

5. In "Part 1, Kolla", why is Triton left alone in Mr. Salgado's house?

6. Why does the gas station cashier want the narrator to speak with his boss?

7. Describe the relationship between Triton and Joseph.

8. Why is young Triton brought to Mr. Salgado's home?

9. When he is a boy, why does Triton regard Mr. Salgado's house as the "center of the universe"?

10. The narrator speaks with a gas station cashier. How experienced is the cashier with his job?

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